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Hurricane Isabel:Live Thread #2 "Force Ten Conditions In North Carolina And Further North"
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| 9-17-03
| My Favorite Headache
Posted on 09/17/2003 8:14:30 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
Hurricane Isabel Advisory Number 48
Statement as of 11:00 PM EDT on September 17, 2003
...Outer bands of Hurricane Isabel moving onshore...weather should gradually worsen...
A Hurricane Warning remains in effect from Cape Fear North Carolina to Chincoteague Virginia...including Pamlico and Albemarle sounds...and the Chesapeake Bay south of Smith Point. A Hurricane Warning means that hurricane conditions are expected within the warning area...generally within 24 hours.
All preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion in the Hurricane Warning area.
A Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect south of Cape Fear to South Santee River South Carolina...and north of Chincoteague to Sandy Hook New Jersey...including Delaware Bay. A Tropical Storm Warning also remains in effect for the Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point northward...and for the tidal Potomac.
At 11 PM EDT...0300z...the center of Hurricane Isabel was located by an Air Force reconnaissance aircraft near latitude 31.9 north... longitude 73.9 west or about 250 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras North Carolina.
Isabel is moving toward the north-northwest near 13 mph. A turn to the northwest with an increase in forward speed is expected prior to landfall. On the forecast track...the center of Isabel is expected to make landfall in eastern North Carolina during the day Thursday. However...conditions will deteriorate over a large area well before the center reaches the coast. Tropical storm conditions are already spreading across the coastline.
Maximum sustained winds are near 105 mph...with higher gusts. A slight increase in strength is possible prior to landfall.
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 115 miles from the center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 315 miles. A buoy located west of the hurricane recently reported wind gusts to 74 mph and 32 foot waves.
An Air Force hurricane hunter plane recently reported a minimum central pressure of 956 mb...28.23 inches.
Storm surge flooding of 7 to 11 feet above normal tide levels... along with extremely large and dangerous battering waves...is expected near and to the north of where the center crosses the coast. Storm surge flooding of 4 to 8 ft above normal tide levels is expected in Chesapeake Bay and the tidal portions of adjacent rivers.
Storm total rainfalls of 6 to 10 inches...with locally higher amounts...are likely in association with Isabel.
There is a threat of isolated tornadoes over eastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia on Thursday.
Repeating the 11 PM EDT position...31.9 N... 73.9 W. Movement toward...north-northwest near 13 mph. Maximum sustained winds...105 mph. Minimum central pressure... 956 mb.
For storm information specific to your area...please monitor products issued by your local weather office.
An intermediate advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane Center at 2 am EDT followed by the next complete advisory at 5 am EDT.
Forecaster Avila
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: hurricane; hurricaneisabel; isabel; landfall
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To: dennis1x
Come on! Let's don't do this on this thread.
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posted on
09/17/2003 9:05:16 PM PDT
by
MEG33
To: nutmeg
I knew you were lurking!
102
posted on
09/17/2003 9:05:39 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: deport
LOL!!!
But Thanks for the remionder anyway!!!!
103
posted on
09/17/2003 9:05:47 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: Howlin
As one weather junkie to another, aren't you tired? You've been on this all day! I know, because I've got this thread going on one computer, and the Avalon pier on the other, and the Weather Channel in the background. Nothing more fantastic than a hurricane to remind us of our own insignificance. Sometimes that's a good thing. Stay safe. Wish like hell I was still there to watch it all come in.
To: My Favorite Headache
Thanks My Favorite Headache,I will stay up as long as I can with you.
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posted on
09/17/2003 9:06:05 PM PDT
by
fatima
(Jim,Karen,We are so proud of you.Thank you for all you do for our country.4th ID)
To: Howlin
STAY SAFE, Howlin!
... and good night. I have to shut down "early" tonight... :-(
106
posted on
09/17/2003 9:06:28 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
("The DemocRATic party...has been hijacked by a confederacy of gangsters..." - Pat Caddell, 11/27/00)
To: billhilly
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posted on
09/17/2003 9:06:43 PM PDT
by
deport
To: Howlin
I've got to go to bed. Everyone stay safe, and I will check in tomorrow.
To: Ramius
Thanks. I was just picking on you. I've been through hurricanes before. It makes a mess. Just gotta clean it up.
109
posted on
09/17/2003 9:08:08 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.)
To: jwalburg; Scott from the Left Coast
I've got South Dakota blizzards AND Tom Daschle! Beat that! I'm in Washington. I'm not sure I can compete with the blizzards... but about your senator... I'll see you a Daschle and raise you a Patty Murray. Take that. :-)
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posted on
09/17/2003 9:08:49 PM PDT
by
Ramius
To: Howlin
This is getting uglier and uglier by the graphics.
And I swear I'm going to strangle this chirping weather bug on my desktop very soon!!!!!!!!!
111
posted on
09/17/2003 9:09:02 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: Miss Marple
Goodnight.Thanks for the pic!LOL
112
posted on
09/17/2003 9:09:02 PM PDT
by
MEG33
To: MEG33
We ARE going to take InterestingTimes' advice on this thread
DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS
113
posted on
09/17/2003 9:09:15 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: Gabz
114
posted on
09/17/2003 9:09:43 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: Miss Marple
Hiiilarious...:)
115
posted on
09/17/2003 9:10:18 PM PDT
by
rwfromkansas
("Men stumble over the truth, but most pick themselves up as if nothing had happened." Churchill)
To: Howlin
Thanks for the link...... bookmarked it.
116
posted on
09/17/2003 9:10:43 PM PDT
by
bart99
To: MEG33; Miss Marple
Didn't you even see what I did to Miss Marple's pic?
I feel so ignored. :(
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posted on
09/17/2003 9:11:05 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.)
To: binreadin
Tired? Sort of. I *love* live threads though.....and I like this kind of news.
Check in tomorrow.
118
posted on
09/17/2003 9:11:15 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: Calpernia
I did, and it's very, very funny. I wish I could learn to do that.
119
posted on
09/17/2003 9:11:40 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: Howlin
Do you have anything besides paint shop? Like Adobe PhotoShop?
120
posted on
09/17/2003 9:12:53 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.)
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